Like
Like noun - Positive regard for something.
Usage example: she thought her new boyfriend was unusually interested in her likes and dislikes
Shine
Shine noun - Positive regard for something.
Usage example: took quite a shine to the new neighbors
How words are described
| good | good like | good shine |
| high | high like | high shine |
| light | light like | light shine |
| simple | simple like | simple shine |
| Other adjectives: entire, big, little, black, beautiful, white, new, yellow, shaped, different. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Anna does this again in "Shine" and in "Car Crash" with one of her characteristic unusual metaphors ("I think I love you like a car crash, dear")
Source: Lyrical Cold Open - I'm feeling like a star, you can't stop my shine, I'm lovin' cloud nine, my head's in the sky, I'm solo, I'm ridin' solo, I'm ridin' solo, I'm ridin' solo, solo...
Source: Ear Worm / Music DEF -
In her biography, Woman Full of Grace, she indicates that being barefoot makes her feel like she has removed the facades from her personality and allowed her true self to shine through.
Source: Does Not Like Shoes
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